Stems tomentellous at first, later glabrescent. Leaves with tomentellous to glabrous petioles 3-5 cm; lamina elliptic to ovate-elliptic, base rounded to slightly cordate, apex acuminate, 14-30 by 7-14 cm, main lateral nerves 7-8 pairs, the lowest 1-2 pairs arising at the base, upper surface glabrous with nerves usually drying impressed, lower surface softly pubescent to glabrous, stiffly papyraceous. Male inflorescences ramiflorous or terminal, narrowly thyrsoid up to 22 cm with lateral branches up to 3.5 cm, greyish-brown tomentellous. Male flowers: cream-white sepals densely pale greyish-brown pilose outside, c. 9; innermost sepals valvate, broadly elliptic, concave 1.5 mm long; petals 6, unguiculate-ovate, 0.5 mm long, ± equal; stamens 6, 0.75 mm long, anthers dehiscing vertically. Female inflorescences similar to male, lateral branches less than 2 cm long. Female flowers with c. 12 outer smaller sepals, inner sepals ovate, 1.5 mm long; petals as in male; carpels 6, gibbous-ovoid, 1 mm long, densely pilose; style subulate, recurved, glabrous. Drupes creamy grey to red borne on tomentellous stipes 2-4 mm long, subobovoid, 13-15 mm long, drying smooth without a prominent dorsal ridge, tomentellous; endocarp rather smooth with only a very weak dorsal ridge.
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